Configuring Read Only OracleHome - 18c
Starting with Oracle Database 18c, you can configure an Oracle home in read-only mode. In a read-only Oracle home, all the configuration data and log files reside outside of the read-only Oracle home. This feature allows you to use the read-only Oracle home as a software image that can be distributed across multiple servers. The concept of a read-only Oracle home, Oracle has committed to to separate configuration files from binaries. The Configuring Read Only OracleHome 18c have impact on the following methods / DBCA / Patching / Upgrade / Key stores